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Jazz Pianist Hank Johnson to appear at Explorers Club NYC for Jazz Solo Piano & Wine Tasting

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Down To The Bone Makes GRP Debut With Crazy Vibes And Things

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UK-based outfit to release new album on May 21st

On Tuesday, May 21st, 2002, the UK-based jazz/groove outfit Down To The Bone will release Crazy Vibes and Things, their debut on GRP Records. Down To The Bone's trademark sounds are in place on Crazy Vibes and Things, which was produced and arranged by Down To The Bone mastermind Stuart Wade.

The album features the same tight community of musicians that have been performed on past Down To The Bone albums ...

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Tom Harrell Live at the Village Vanguard Captures The Excitement Of The Trumpeter/Composer's 2001 Performances At The Fabled Greenwich Village Club

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Harrell’s First Live Recording With His Working Band To Be Released May 7 On RCA/Bluebird

In the wake of being voted Composer of the Year in the 2001 Down Beat Readers Poll, Tom Harrell is now finding the kind of acclaim for his compositional gifts that he has long known as an instrumentalist. His latest recording for RCA/Bluebird, Tom Harrell Live at the Village Vanguard, captures the great moments from his November 2001 engagement at the Greenwich Village club in ...

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The Life and Music of Gil Evans to be Celebrated at Joe's Pub on May 13th

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On what would have been his 90th birthday, the life and music of jazz's nonpareil arranger Gil Evans will be celebrated this May 13th at Joe's Pub, one of Manhattan's top nightspots, with two sets of special tribute performances from the Gil Evans Orchestra.

A true giant in the annals of modern jazz, Gil Evans helped elevate America's Great Musical Idiom from the dance floor to a higher aesthetic plane. Thanks to a recent full-length biography of Evans and new ...

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Janus Jazz Aspen Snowmass Announces Summer 2002 Line-Up

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In its 12th Summer Season, JAS Welcomes Bob Dylan, Earth Wind & Fire, Willie Nelson, Nickel Creek, Dr. John, Phil Lesh, Herbie Hancock, Patti Austin, Jane Monheit, Michelle Shocked and More To Be Announced

“Janus Jazz Aspen is a world-class musical event" --The New Yorker

Janus Jazz Aspen at Snowmass (JAS) announces its 12th season of comprehesive programming featuring an eclectic and exciting mix of jazz, rock, funk, blues, country, soul and world music performances and education programs throughout the ...

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Sixth Annual Celebration of Excellence In Musicianship and Journalism at the Jazz Standard

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New York -- The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) Jazz Awards 2002, the sixth annual presentation of honors to jazz musicians and their supporters by the organization representing more than 400 writers, broadcasters, photographers and new media professionals worldwide, will be held June 19, 4 to 7 p.m., at the Jazz Standard in New York City, in benefit of the Jazz Emergency Fund of the Jazz Foundation of America (JFA). Engraved statuettes will be presented to winners in 38 categories of ...

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Jazz legend Vernon Alley to receive SFSU Presidential Medal

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SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2002 -- Vernon Alley, the legendary jazz bassist who has played a major role in San Francisco's jazz scene since the 1940s, will receive the San Francisco State University Presidential Medal this year.

Alley, an undergraduate music studies student in 1940, will accept the medal at a special ceremony for SFSU alumni on Friday, May 24 -- the evening before the University's 101st Commencement exercises.

“Vernon Alley is a living legend whose great musical gifts have ...

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Pianist Luis Mar

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